GOLDEN GAS UNIT

Operated by MERIT ENERGY COMPANY (P-5 561136) in the OAK HILL (COTTON VALLEY) field. Every figure below is a volume the Railroad Commission published, multiplied by a monthly price you can check.

Gas lease lease 92859District 06Field 66461275NGPA filingCondensateGasSaveExport
Value, all time
$3.1 M
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Value, last 12 filed months
$24 k
at the published price for each month
Months reported
401
no gaps in the span
Streams
2
condensate, gas

The Railroad Commission's own record for the field this lease produces from, including the spacing rule that governs how close together its wells may be drilled.

These are facts about the field, not about this lease. The field holds 2,275 leases and 2,276 wells, and the rule below applies to all of them.

Discovered
1976-11-17
as the register files it
Field class
Oil and gas
the register's own label
Between wells
1,200 ft
minimum
From a lease line
330 ft
minimum

A drilling unit in this field needs at least 20 acres. The field rule took effect on 2018-03-20.

The Commission's schedule remark for this field reads: FIELD. EFFECTIVE 4/12/16.

Severance-tax incentive filings

Applications the operator filed to have this lease's gas taxed at a reduced state rate. A filing is an application, and this page never calls one a reduction that was granted.

ProgrammeFilingsWith an approval dateDatedDocket
NGPA1none

This says nothing about a royalty. A severance tax is charged to the operator. Whether a reduced rate reaches a royalty owner depends on the wording of the lease instrument, which is a private contract this site does not hold.

What this lease produced, and what it was worth

Oil and condensate are valued on the volume the state records as disposed of; gas and casinghead gas on the volume produced. They are different columns of different files, and the difference is not cosmetic.

StreamBasisVolumeValue
CondensateDisposition2,523 bbl$52,052
GasProduction1,139,843 Mcf$3,024,074
Total$3,076,126

392,424 Mcf of this lease's gas, across 48 months, carries no value here. No free Texas wellhead gas price exists before 1997, so those months are left out of the total rather than valued at zero. The total above is therefore a floor, not an estimate.

Wells on this lease (1)

Every wellbore the Railroad Commission records against this lease key, with the depth, the last completion and the plug date exactly as filed. A well with no plug date is not stated to be producing — the state files no such flag.

These wells centre on 32.3391, -94.5711. A lease has no coordinate of its own — that point is the mean of its wells, and they span 0.0 miles.

32.33914, -94.57106 · centre of the wells drawn, derived

What these wells add up to

Every figure below is counted over all of this lease's wells, not over the rows listed above. The Railroad Commission files two facts about a well's state — a plug date and a proration-schedule flag — and a well can carry both, so they are published as separate counts and never merged into a status.

On the schedule
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
With a plug date
0.0%
0 of 1 wells
Median depth
10,574 ft
1 wells filed one
Completion to plug
no well filed both dates

What the state filed about each well

On the RRC proration schedule
00.0%
A plug date is filed
00.0%
BothOn the schedule and plugged. Neither fact cancels the other.
00.0%
NeitherNo plug date, and not on the schedule.
1100.0%

A plug date is the date the Commission recorded the wellbore as sealed with cement and abandoned. It is the only end-of-life fact Texas files. There is no "active" flag on a well, so this page does not print one — a well with no plug date is not stated to be producing.

How deep they were drilled

The one well that filed a depth was drilled to 10,574 ft.

Completions filed
Dec 1980
1 of 1 wells

1 well

42-40130974110,574 ftDec 1980

The API number is the state's, prefixed 42 for Texas. A well is matched to this lease by the lease key the Commission files on the wellbore record, so a well that has moved between leases appears under each one it was filed against.

Every month this lease reported (401)

Volume × price = value, one row per cycle. The price columns are the same series published on the prices page — nothing here is modelled.

401 months

May 20260546106.413.05$1,663
Apr 2026051198.932.87$1,466
Mar 2026053789.753.15$1,691
Feb 2026047263.503.75$1,770
Jan 2026049459.138.00$3,951
Dec 2025052956.664.41$2,335
Nov 2025053558.593.93$2,101
Oct 2025055359.383.30$1,828
Sep 2025058662.743.08$1,803
Aug 2025056063.933.01$1,688
Jul 2025060166.743.32$1,992
Jun 2025039266.483.13$1,226
May 2025058360.553.23$1,884
Apr 2025064862.363.54$2,296
Mar 2025029767.704.27$1,268
Feb 2025046770.884.34$2,027
Jan 2025049574.324.28$2,118
Dec 2024042668.993.12$1,330
Nov 2024042469.052.20$932
Oct 2024049771.372.28$1,134
Sep 2024049569.612.36$1,170
Aug 2024051575.632.06$1,063
Jul 2024052179.932.15$1,118
Jun 2024051878.082.63$1,364
May 2024051478.812.20$1,130
Apr 2024052784.451.66$874
Mar 2024054080.301.55$834
Feb 2024050676.091.78$903
Jan 2024051873.023.30$1,708
Dec 2023057071.262.61$1,488
Nov 2023056077.892.81$1,572
Oct 2023056685.443.09$1,747
Sep 2023055389.042.74$1,512
Aug 2023062080.522.67$1,657
Jul 2023063174.852.64$1,667
Jun 2023056768.962.26$1,281
May 2023061570.622.23$1,370
Apr 2023065078.122.24$1,455
Mar 2023073372.852.39$1,754
Feb 2023058975.112.47$1,452
Jan 20230976.533.39$30
Dec 2022049176.415.73$2,813
Nov 2022054085.005.65$3,049
Oct 2022060987.185.86$3,571
Sep 2022057784.888.16$4,710
Aug 2022059194.529.13$5,394
Jul 20220582101.587.54$4,389
Jun 20220543115.097.98$4,332
May 20220586109.378.43$4,942
Apr 20220511104.226.84$3,494
Mar 20220341108.885.08$1,731
Feb 2022030391.054.86$1,472
Jan 2022017781.844.54$803
Dec 2021060871.323.90$2,371
Nov 2021064077.435.24$3,352
Oct 2021056079.795.71$3,200
Sep 202101,05769.865.35$5,656
Aug 2021097466.024.22$4,111
Jul 2021032770.783.98$1,302
Jun 202103169.493.38$105
May 2021060163.483.02$1,814
Apr 2021055660.362.76$1,534
Mar 2021074461.302.72$2,021
Feb 2021048857.805.55$2,707
Jan 2021059550.412.81$1,672
Dec 2020059844.642.68$1,600
Nov 2020061938.772.71$1,675
Oct 2020069336.972.48$1,718
Sep 2020060837.091.99$1,211
Aug 2020064639.982.39$1,541
Jul 2020063138.371.83$1,152
Jun 2020062334.901.69$1,053
May 2020063816.921.81$1,158
Apr 2020060614.751.80$1,093
Mar 2020058530.341.86$1,086
Feb 2020054849.881.98$1,085
Jan 2020065057.252.09$1,362
Dec 2019061059.012.30$1,406
Nov 2019071355.302.75$1,961
Oct 2019076853.472.42$1,857
Sep 2019083555.052.66$2,219
Aug 2019021953.112.30$505
Jul 2019023556.272.46$578
Jun 2019022552.782.49$561
May 2019029558.482.74$808
Apr 2019033562.632.75$921
Mar 2019048556.803.06$1,485
Feb 2019093150.852.79$2,600
Jan 201908446.033.23$271
Dec 2018021646.594.19$904
Nov 20180352.934.24$13
Oct 2018034861.443.40$1,183
Sep 2018070159.543.11$2,179
Aug 2018071859.403.07$2,202
Jul 2018073765.142.93$2,161
Jun 2018074560.183.08$2,292
May 2018081665.382.90$2,367
Apr 2018080963.842.90$2,347
Mar 201801,13561.222.79$3,163
Feb 2018061461.782.77$1,698
Jan 2018091362.874.01$3,661
Dec 2017096157.272.92$2,808
Nov 2017078955.423.12$2,460
Oct 2017041549.292.98$1,238
Sep 2017076147.523.09$2,349
Aug 2017092545.373.00$2,779
Jul 2017075643.873.09$2,334
Jun 2017070142.493.09$2,164
May 2017080645.373.26$2,630
Apr 2017080847.933.21$2,595
Mar 2017082946.772.98$2,473
Feb 2017077450.452.95$2,285
Jan 2017086349.413.42$2,950
Dec 2016085148.763.72$3,168
Nov 2016086042.492.64$2,274
Oct 2016088046.193.09$2,719
Sep 2016083841.553.10$2,598
Aug 2016090141.442.92$2,635
Jul 2016091941.622.92$2,687
Jun 2016082545.352.69$2,216
May 2016089642.521.99$1,784
Apr 2016080736.561.99$1,607
Mar 2016087233.011.79$1,564
Feb 2016094626.472.06$1,952
Jan 2016085027.352.36$2,010
Dec 2015096032.362.00$1,921
Nov 2015077138.792.17$1,671
Oct 2015094043.552.43$2,281
Sep 2015091542.992.76$2,524
Aug 2015091240.162.87$2,620
Jul 2015099648.152.95$2,933
Jun 2015093756.152.88$2,701
May 201501,01555.212.96$3,000
Apr 2015094249.822.71$2,550
Mar 201501,09142.892.93$3,202
Feb 2015092044.662.98$2,738
Jan 2015096743.433.10$2,998
Dec 201401,13354.693.59$4,069
Nov 201401,17470.464.25$4,992
Oct 201402,05578.303.90$8,016
Sep 201402,61486.164.05$10,575
Aug 201401,27589.394.04$5,145
Jul 201401,18396.564.18$4,944
Jun 201401,43698.164.74$6,802
May 201401,46894.734.73$6,939
Apr 2014096695.944.81$4,646
Mar 201401,07595.895.06$5,436
Feb 201401,04197.406.19$6,446
Jan 201401,18690.404.86$5,765
Dec 201301,20991.824.35$5,265
Nov 201301,11688.853.74$4,172
Oct 201301,14397.423.78$4,320
Sep 201301,338104.113.72$4,974
Aug 201301,644104.253.52$5,791
Jul 201301,538102.523.72$5,718
Jun 2013086494.403.93$3,398
May 201301,17094.834.15$4,854
Apr 201301,19793.964.28$5,126
Mar 201301,22293.623.91$4,782
Feb 201301,13891.233.42$3,892
Jan 201301,19191.603.42$4,073
Dec 201201,45686.773.42$4,980
Nov 201201,40886.953.62$5,104
Oct 201201,51989.383.40$5,164
Sep 201201,29894.672.92$3,788
Aug 201201,46792.662.91$4,266
Jul 201201,54685.133.02$4,670
Jun 201201,32579.822.52$3,338
May 201201,58791.612.49$3,949
Apr 201201,758101.652.00$3,510
Mar 201201,756105.052.22$3,902
Feb 201202,044101.102.57$5,254
Jan 201202,06198.092.73$5,635
Dec 201102,47896.873.24$8,028
Nov 201102,19095.723.31$7,252
Oct 201103,06784.983.65$11,190
Sep 201103,53483.623.99$14,086
Aug 201105,25683.404.15$21,809
Jul 201102,82594.144.52$12,761
Jun 2011097792.904.64$4,533
May 201101,01598.134.40$4,471
Apr 201101,102105.964.33$4,775
Mar 201101,10296.364.06$4,471
Feb 201101,08185.644.18$4,519
Jan 201101,56586.504.59$7,181
Dec 201001,54985.734.35$6,735
Nov 201001,67180.843.80$6,342
Oct 201002,65578.103.51$9,316
Sep 20100072.633.98$0
Aug 201001,12373.684.42$4,963
Jul 201001,36372.554.74$6,456
Jun 201001,38870.364.91$6,816
May 201001,49171.124.24$6,315
Apr 201001,50981.694.12$6,221
Mar 201001,54678.394.39$6,785
Feb 201001,57773.585.44$8,583
Jan 201001,62874.365.96$9,710
Dec 200901,70771.445.48$9,361
Nov 200901,65374.593.75$6,201
Oct 200901,56472.544.11$6,428
Sep 2009095565.543.06$2,927
Aug 200901,75667.423.22$5,652
Jul 2009098061.133.46$3,395
Jun 200901,44066.163.90$5,609
May 200901,39654.743.93$5,480
Apr 200901,33046.773.59$4,771
Mar 200901,30842.144.06$5,309
Feb 200901,28432.814.63$5,949
Jan 200901,53335.865.37$8,234
Dec 200801,40537.105.98$8,398
Nov 200801,35955.496.86$9,323
Oct 200801,53875.246.92$10,646
Sep 200801,522101.767.88$11,989
Aug 200801,467114.228.48$12,445
Jul 200801,733131.0811.39$19,738
Jun 200801,499131.3313.03$19,536
May 200801,442123.1711.57$16,690
Apr 200801,410110.3110.45$14,741
Mar 200801,496101.909.66$14,457
Feb 200801,44192.538.77$12,638
Jan 200801,73090.388.21$14,196
Dec 200702,05188.337.30$14,976
Nov 200701,67891.677.29$12,235
Oct 200701,71082.856.92$11,837
Sep 200701,69375.846.24$10,571
Aug 200701,70569.066.39$10,891
Jul 200701,82470.906.39$11,652
Jun 200701,74762.007.55$13,187
May 200701,70158.747.85$13,347
Apr 200701,78659.617.81$13,940
Mar 200701,87056.927.30$13,655
Feb 200701,64055.108.22$13,474
Jan 200701,87350.306.73$12,599
Dec 200601,95756.656.92$13,539
Nov 200601,91154.207.62$14,557
Oct 200601,98954.906.01$11,961
Sep 200602,05960.085.04$10,372
Aug 200602,12168.717.34$15,568
Jul 200602,26169.376.34$14,341
Jun 200632,17966.286.38$14,109
May 2006172,43366.016.42$16,754
Apr 2006162,30764.397.36$18,011
Mar 2006162,43756.707.08$18,168
Feb 2006152,17657.597.75$17,730
Jan 2006152,58860.598.93$24,028
Dec 2005142,52654.9413.42$34,656
Nov 200582,45054.6910.59$26,379
Oct 2005102,53458.3413.80$35,542
Sep 200592,54061.4512.08$31,234
Aug 2005132,52161.519.80$25,497
Jul 2005102,62155.697.84$21,115
Jun 200572,46652.337.38$18,568
May 2005112,72245.226.65$18,602
Apr 2005132,67949.207.36$20,358
Mar 2005102,74450.377.15$20,137
Feb 200502,34045.226.31$14,770
Jan 200502,42543.166.32$15,331
Dec 200402,89239.866.75$19,524
Nov 200402,43945.286.33$15,440
Oct 200402,69249.706.52$17,539
Sep 200402,62843.245.28$13,886
Aug 200402,86542.375.55$15,903
Jul 200432,88138.286.08$17,643
Jun 2004102,76036.106.43$18,116
May 2004102,85837.486.49$18,936
Apr 2004172,72934.475.86$16,574
Mar 200473,05934.365.53$17,157
Feb 200442,86432.455.51$15,909
Jan 200442,82332.036.30$17,912
Dec 200322,74530.266.30$17,359
Nov 200342,22328.804.60$10,330
Oct 200322,44828.174.76$11,708
Sep 200322,58926.314.75$12,349
Aug 200322,71529.765.13$13,987
Jul 200323,21029.415.17$16,657
Jun 200323,05728.565.98$18,347
May 200353,16126.595.97$19,013
Apr 200323,03426.675.41$16,459
Mar 200343,16331.146.10$19,406
Feb 200342,92733.487.93$23,333
Jan 200323,17830.315.58$17,800
Dec 200243,25626.914.85$15,911
Nov 200243,22524.664.14$13,440
Oct 200223,21226.464.23$13,637
Sep 200233,39827.443.64$12,435
Aug 200233,39525.963.16$10,820
Jul 200223,42224.583.06$10,527
Jun 200233,35023.733.34$11,254
May 200233,49324.663.58$12,593
Apr 200233,46123.653.51$12,227
Mar 200233,51622.003.10$10,975
Feb 200213,14518.222.38$7,490
Jan 200213,40017.172.38$8,094
Dec 200113,48116.932.36$8,247
Nov 200143,96818.072.41$9,617
Oct 200144,08519.782.53$10,410
Sep 200133,75824.262.25$8,533
Aug 200134,15224.873.05$12,751
Jul 200154,13723.933.20$13,346
Jun 200123,52124.563.82$13,514
May 200124,07525.524.31$17,603
Apr 200153,93524.685.34$21,118
Mar 200154,12724.545.38$22,311
Feb 200133,84327.755.77$22,246
Jan 200123,55027.478.40$29,871
Dec 200053,29026.889.12$30,147
Nov 200034,64832.215.66$26,395
Oct 200034,52931.235.15$23,398
Sep 200044,84931.875.19$25,277
Aug 200034,96229.644.54$22,620
Jul 200034,93128.534.09$20,252
Jun 200034,45929.304.40$19,695
May 200044,69727.263.68$17,393
Apr 200034,55624.513.12$14,270
Mar 200053,50828.422.86$10,174
Feb 200074,28327.622.73$11,871
Jan 200064,57125.272.48$11,490
Dec 199966,59024.282.42$16,118
Nov 1999135,77423.192.43$14,355
Oct 199976,23820.982.80$17,636
Sep 199957,01621.752.62$18,483
Aug 199955,50919.262.88$15,938
Jul 199974,81917.892.37$11,558
Jun 1999106,25515.942.36$14,934
May 199985,84315.792.32$13,688
Apr 1999135,90815.102.21$13,241
Mar 1999145,13512.471.84$9,614
Feb 199995,4469.981.82$9,990
Jan 199975,81310.381.90$11,117
Dec 1998106,7319.201.77$12,028
Nov 199877,46910.892.19$16,401
Oct 1998166,69112.421.97$13,375
Sep 1998207,62512.592.08$16,132
Aug 1998187,32811.301.91$14,180
Jul 19981910,51711.742.24$23,752
Jun 1998258,83511.242.24$20,047
May 1998167,68112.622.21$17,149
Apr 1998146,92113.042.51$17,522
Mar 1998267,91712.802.31$18,617
Feb 199878,31113.952.30$19,206
Jan 199828,52914.702.15$18,408
Dec 199726,87416.322.41$16,607
Nov 199776,45218.193.09$20,053
Oct 199726,58319.253.15$20,774
Sep 199776,16517.742.95$18,341
Aug 1997447,06217.862.55$18,827
Jul 1997807,61617.582.25$18,519
Jun 1997796,27817.242.26$15,533
May 1997786,82618.972.31$17,237
Apr 1997727,07417.882.08$16,021
Mar 19971065,90818.951.94$13,465
Feb 1997685,79520.492.21$14,177
Jan 1997287,61623.483.54$27,616
Dec 1996167,59423.32$373
Nov 1996257,16721.97$549
Oct 1996155,96623.31$350
Sep 1996215,83622.22$467
Aug 1996166,09220.26$324
Jul 1996176,73519.55$332
Jun 1996126,47018.73$225
May 1996226,80519.43$427
Apr 1996237,17421.51$495
Mar 1996388,35519.38$736
Feb 1996207,60116.98$340
Jan 1996587,07017.07$990
Dec 1995607,07317.19$1,031
Nov 199518,44716.00$16
Oct 1995637,93015.43$972
Sep 199518,52116.18$16
Aug 1995478,61015.92$748
Jul 199508,94115.24$0
Jun 1995368,78716.41$591
May 199508,80717.56$0
Apr 199508,95717.73$0
Mar 1995429,20316.44$690
Feb 1995429,68316.58$696
Jan 199503,63015.92$0
Dec 199409,51215.03$0
Nov 1994429,42615.90$668
Oct 1994419,86315.58$639
Sep 199409,67015.29$0
Aug 199419,40116.13$16
Jul 19943810,41117.56$667
Jun 1994339,68817.09$564
May 1994110,35615.88$16
Apr 19944011,40614.14$566
Mar 19943714,07012.46$461
Feb 19948615,28412.50$1,075
Jan 1994013,97512.66$0
Dec 19931935,35612.33$2,380
Nov 199317,18814.49$14
Oct 199307,06515.85$0
Sep 199306,64515.03$0
Aug 199318,53915.66$16
Jul 199318,27515.46$15
Jun 199305,12516.79$0
May 199305,83817.68$0
Apr 199306,41718.05$0
Mar 199306,72918.14$0
Feb 19931815,03817.90$3,240
Jan 199305,69316.93$0

How to read this page

The arithmetic is one multiplication per stream per month. Here it is, worked, on a real row from the table above.

May 2026 — as filed, then multipliedworked
Condensate             0 bbl  × $106.41 =         $0
Gas                  546 Mcf  × $  3.05 =     $1,663

────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Month total                                   $1,663

The volumes are the state's, unchanged

Every barrel and every Mcf on this page is a number the Railroad Commission of Texas published in its monthly production query. Nothing is modelled, estimated or filled in.

The dollars are a multiplication, not a valuation

Volume × a published monthly price. It is not what the operator was paid: it takes no account of a contract, a differential, a transportation deduction, or the share any one owner holds.

Oil and gas are priced differently

Oil is a Texas realisation — the crude oil first purchase price. Gas is a benchmark, because no free Texas wellhead gas series exists at any date. The prices page publishes the difference rather than correcting it away.

A lease is not a well

The state reports oil on lease and gas on well, and this page is the lease grain. 06/G/92859 is the state's own key, not one this site invented.